Downsizing state government

Grow government or grow economy, says one speaker at legislative meeting

10:57 PM,
Jul. 17, 2013

Written by

Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Citizens who showed up to speak Wednesday morning at a legislative meeting in Springfield on how to downsize state government also heard from a group sponsored by Rex Sinquefield.

At the hourlong hearing of the House Downsizing State Government Committee, part of a statewide listening tour, David Jackson with Grow Missouri spoke in support of a tax cut bill passed by the General Assembly and vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon.

According to the Missouri Ethics Commission, Grow Missouri was created on July 8. On July 9, Sinquefield, the wealthy St. Louis businessman, donated $1.3 million to the group. ...